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Liberal Utilitarianism and Applied Ethics

Liberal Utilitarianism and Applied Ethics

Hardcover

Series: Social Ethics and Policy

Philosophy

ISBN10: 0415077850
ISBN13: 9780415077859
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 27 1994
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.36 Depth: 8.84
Language: English
Liberal Utilitarianism and Applied Ethics explores the foundations of early utilitarianism and, at the same time, the theoretical bases of social ethics and policy in modern Western welfare states. Matti Hayry sees the main reason for utilitarianism's growing disrepute among moral philosophers is that its principles cannot legitimately be extended to situations where the basic needs of the individuals involved are in conflict. He is able to formulate a solution to this fundamental problem by arguing convincingly that by combining a limited version of liberal utilitarianism and the methods of applied ethics, we are able to define our moral duties and rights.

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